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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815965603321

Autore

Lyons Amelia H

Titolo

The civilizing mission in the metropole : Algerian families and the French welfare state during decolonization / / Amelia H. Lyons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8047-8714-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

305.892/76504409045

Soggetti

Algerians - Government policy - France - History - 20th century

Immigrants - Government policy - France - History - 20th century

Welfare state - France - History - 20th century

Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1962

France History 1945-1958

France Colonies Africa History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Civilizing "French Muslims from Algeria" -- Instructing the experts : framing the metropolitan "conquest of hearts" -- Instructing a "difficult and delicate clientele" : the social services mission -- From dormitories to homes : housing workers and families during the Fourth Republic -- Services and surveillance : welfare, the police, and the Algerian War -- The great "hope" : housing Algerian families at the height of the Algerian War.

Sommario/riassunto

France, which has the largest Muslim minority community in Europe, has been in the news in recent years because of perceptions that Muslims have not integrated into French society. This book explores the roots of these debates through an examination of the history of social welfare programs for Algerian migrants from the end of World War II until Algeria gained independence in 1962.